North Country Clockmakers - By C.L Reid
Published by Pendulum Publications in 1981

Christmas card from C. Leo Reid

Leo Reid’s book North Country Clockmakers  was the first regional book on clockmakers and clocks to be written and it covers clockmakers in most of the northern counties of England. Many collectors wrote to Mr Reid describing their clocks so that he has a unique record of clocks produced in the north. The book was first published in 1925. Although Mr Reid had died by the time Pendulum Publications decided to republish his work we were able to contact his daughter, who had typed the original manuscript,  and obtain her permission to republish his work in 1981, with the addition of a frontis piece and a copy of a Christmas card about the Mansion House Clock which Mr Reid had sent to his friends in 1927. 

Although we do not currently have any copies for sale, you may be lucky enough to pick one up second-hand at one of the online book stores. 

Preface written by Keith Bates

NOW available for online purchase.

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Early Clock and Watchmakers of the Blacksmiths' Company

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Keith's years of research into the Blacksmiths' Company have uncovered the history of  many clock and watchmakers. Contains over 400 illustrations and a directory of over 1,500 clock and watchmakers...many previously unknown.

​Early Clock and Watchmakers of the Blacksmiths’ Company
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